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With the introduction of the Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD5000LPVT) drive, Western Digital is taking the traditional spinning drive model and adding some SSD reminiscent enhancements. With its new single platter design, WD is able to offer 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB capacities while reducing the drive size down to 7mm allowing them to play in the Ultrabook arena.
Today AMD launches the followup to the llano processor, the Trinity APU. Promising a trinity of bonuses, processing power, graphics power, and energy efficiency the APU could be the solution that the mobile market needs. We take a first look at the enhancements behind the new Trinity. Get a first look at what AMD is releasing in our technology preview review.
Today we take a look at Corsair’s top of the line entry into the mechanical keyboard market, the Vengeance K90. With Cherry MX Red switches, 54 fully programmable “G-keys”, multimedia controls, and laser etched backlit keys, let’s see if this fully featured board will be able to stomp the competition.
With the prices of hard drives slowly coming back to manageable prices, we’ve seen a trend of new storage “accessories” being released to the market. Today we will be looking at a hybrid between portable and RAID. The Akitio Taurus Mini Super-S LCM supports 2x 2.5″ drives in either a RAID 0 (stripe) or RAID 1 (mirror). Lets take a look at what Akitio has to say about their product:
“System enclosures that are aimed towards the budget market are usually quite boring, have poor build quality and
generally they just look bad. 300R is Corsair’s latest offering to this market and now we’ll see if it can change any of
the preconceptions that shoppers may have. ”
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Quote: “It is the start of week 3 of our Month of Giveaways! Each week we will be giving away a different prize! This week up for grabs is the Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition Case, Tt eSPORTS Theron Gaming Mouse and Tt eSPORTS Landon Gaming Mouse Pad! They way this contest is going to work is there will be 2 winners. One winner for the Commander MS-I and one winner for the Tt eSPORTS gaming gear. The contest is only running for a week so make sure you get your entry in quickly and make sure you meet the requirements! Special thanks to Thermaltake for providing the Commander MS-I Snow Edition Case, Tt eSPORTS Theron Gaming Mouse and Tt eSPORTS Landon Gaming Mouse Pad.”
Review Link: http://www.
Quote: The HIS 7850 Fan 2GB is another solid offering from HIS. It may not be the iCooler version, but it still maintains quiet operation and keeps temperatures cool. The 7850 Fan offers solid performance to match up with a full feature set that includes support for up to four monitors, PCI-e 3.0 and 2GB of GDDR5. The icing on the cake is solid overclocking room and performance gains.
Link: http://www.overclockersonline.
Quote: If you’re a gamer looking to build a high-end multi-GPU PC, GIGABYTE’s X79 G1.Assassin 2 deserves a look. Built from the ground up for gamers, it features onboard Creative X-Fi audio and Killer NIC solutions, supports three GPUs, has a proper EFI and sports aesthetics that perfectly complement the goals of the
Link: http://techgage.com/
Quote: “Crucial’s line of Ballistix memory made for enthusiasts has gone through many different revisions over the years. Now they are running with 3 different types of modules, Ballistix Sport, Ballistix Tactical and Ballistix Elite. Today we are taking a look at one of their Elite kits. These kits are designed for extreme enthusiasts, demanding gamers, and uber-power users. The kit we are checking out today is a quad channel 16GB kit with timings of 8-8-8-24 at 1.5v. This kit also has some of the largest heatspreaders we have seen in a while! Read on as we test this kit out!”
Review Link: http://www.
“Dragon’s Dogma takes place in an open world fantasy RPG setting that includes classic hack and slash content as well as horror elements which should come as no surprise. It is after all developed by the team behind Resident Evil and Devil May Cry.”
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